Attributed to Willem van Mieris (1662- 1747) after Frans van Mieris I

The Holy Family

細節

Attributed to Willem van Mieris (1662- 1747) after Frans van Mieris I
The Holy Family
with indistinct signature F. van M.... upper right
oil on panel
34.9 x 35.7 cm

來源

H.R.H. Princess Christina of the Netherlands; Her Sale, Sotheby's Amsterdam, 19 November 1996, lot 64, ill.

拍品專文

The present whereabouts of the original, signed and dated1681, is unknown. (O. Naumann, Frans van Mieris the Elder, 1981, II, pp.125/6, n0121, ill.). It is probably the picture mentioned by A. Houbraken, De Groote Schouwburgh, 1721, p.12, as left unfinished at the artist's death and finished by his son Willem. The popularity of the composition is apparent from the numerous copies by the studio (O. Naumann, op. cit., p.126, N0 121 a-g lists seven copies). These copies must have been executed under the supervision of Willem, who took over when his father Frans was still alive. Hence the signature F. van M....
Christ Child measuring a Cross with a compasses is an unusual element in the iconography of The Holy Family.